In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 09:38:01 on Wed, 10 Apr 2013, "Bell, Neil" <[log in to unmask]> writes >The hardest part is defining educational records, I always said “Just >attainment and attendance” as sometimes there are situations where >some absent parents are wanting photos and more personal stuff, which >is then covered by the DPA so I went back to child/ Main Carer to get >their opinions before making final decision I know of an estranged parent who wanted his child's school timetable as an "Educational Record", which triggered a long drawn out debate. -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^